Art, literature & history
A Female Figure Seated on an Entablature, Holding a Distaff
c. 1700/1710
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- black chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 29.1 × 20.8 cm (11 7/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2019.78.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Lorenzo De Ferrari. A Female Figure Seated on an Entablature, Holding a Distaff. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A Female Figure Seated on an Entablature, Holding a Distaff — Lorenzo De Ferrari. c. 1700/1710.
Medium: black chalk on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 29.1 × 20.8 cm (11 7/16 × 8 3/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2019.78.1. Purchased as the Gift of Robert B. Loper.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.